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Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Act 1994
sec.157Appointment of shipping inspectors
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### sec.157 Appointment of shipping inspectors
The general manager may appoint any of the following persons as shipping inspectors—
officers and employees of the public service;
officers and employees of port authorities;
employees of MSQ;
employees of the Gold Coast Waterways Authority;
police officers or a class of police officers;
other persons prescribed by regulation.
The general manager may appoint a person (other than a police officer) as a shipping inspector only if—
in the general manager’s opinion, the person has the necessary expertise or experience to be a shipping inspector; or
the person has satisfactorily finished training approved by the general manager.
s 157 amd 1995 No. 50 s 3 sch ; 2002 No. 29 s 16 sch 1 ; 2012 No. 38 s 125
(sec.157-ssec.1) The general manager may appoint any of the following persons as shipping inspectors— officers and employees of the public service; officers and employees of port authorities; employees of MSQ; employees of the Gold Coast Waterways Authority; police officers or a class of police officers; other persons prescribed by regulation.
(sec.157-ssec.2) The general manager may appoint a person (other than a police officer) as a shipping inspector only if— in the general manager’s opinion, the person has the necessary expertise or experience to be a shipping inspector; or the person has satisfactorily finished training approved by the general manager.
- (a) officers and employees of the public service;
- (b) officers and employees of port authorities;
- (c) employees of MSQ;
- (d) employees of the Gold Coast Waterways Authority;
- (e) police officers or a class of police officers;
- (f) other persons prescribed by regulation.
- (a) in the general manager’s opinion, the person has the necessary expertise or experience to be a shipping inspector; or
- (b) the person has satisfactorily finished training approved by the general manager.